Comments on: The Fuji X-E2: is it worth to upgrade?

By: mike.kobal

mike.kobal — Sat, 17 May 2014 15:33:23 +0000

nope

By: Kim

Kim — Sat, 17 May 2014 15:14:44 +0000

Hi Mike,
Are the images on the FujiFilm X-A1 as sharp as the images on the Ricoh GR?

The Ricoh is crazy sharp.

By: mike.kobal

mike.kobal — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 18:32:13 +0000

yes, this also applies here in the USA, bigger is better for people who don’t know

By: fedrik

fedrik — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 18:29:53 +0000

Hi Mike
Sorry if my english is very bad
Im from indonesia, amataeur freelance photographer & usualy shoot wedding
This year i sold all my eos system (5dii,7d, 2470 2.8, 70200 2.8, 1740 4, 50 1.4) that i usualy shoot with.
Now i have fuji (xe1, xe2, 1855, 35).
The fuji iq is creazy awesome, that no need big body to do that! its make me fall in love!
IMO, the 5dii af speed in lowlight is not better than Xe2, OMD EM5/1 af lowlight is better, maybe better than 7d.
But in my country that a mindset from alot of wedding photographer that “big body + grip+ white lense + red ring = pro photographer = showoff matter” & “mirrorless = a kid playing with toys”
What do you think about that?
Sorry again about my english, i hope you can understand what i write, =))

By: tp

tp — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 18:40:32 +0000

Thanks so much Mike! I am not concerned with the image quality of the Fujis at all. I can live with a slow AF but not with an inaccurate one. What’s the use of a photograph with the focus where you don’t want it?
In my case, this is my portable camera (always in the bag). For planned pictures, I would use something else.
So, the lack of trust in Fuji’s AF is pretty much all holding me back from buying a Fuji…

By: mike.kobal

mike.kobal — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 16:16:29 +0000

af performance should be very similar, might be a tad slower then on m43, I don’t have a GX1 at hand, haven’t had accuracy problems with the 27mm on the XE2, however, fuji’s are notorious for missing focus more often in low light then the competition and I can confirm that from my shooting experience
sharpness on the 27mm is already impressive wide open and if you need excellent high iso files it might be worth the trade off.

By: tp

tp — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 16:08:27 +0000

Thanks for all your reviews and thoughts. Very helpfull!
Coming from Panasonic GX1 with 20/1.7 I would like to upgrade toX100S or X-E2 with 27/2.8
Could you roughly compare the AF performance in low and unfavorable light? I exect them to be somewhat sluggish but I am concerned about the accuracy, once they acquire the focus. I would really appreciate your comment.
Thanks!

By: mike.kobal

mike.kobal — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 01:29:59 +0000

I hear you, Nick! Sorry to hear you had so many problems, I don’t treat my cameras with gloves, I don’t mistreat them either, up until now I haven’t had experienced any problems with Fuji’s until this point, I did manage to kill my Ricoh GR and had to send it in, luckily it is still under warranty. I know the Olympus is great fun and super fast, enjoy it!

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 01:19:50 +0000

I used to own an X-E1. I was completely disappointed from the poor ergonomics of that camera the build quality and reliability. It did go to Fuji repair it came back with more features working. Eventually they stopped. To make the story short. After seeing the physical changes that they have done for X-E2, I returned the camera and in exchange I bought the OMD EM1. Comparing the X-E1 or as a matter of fact the X-E2 with the EM1 is day and night. If you like photography quit lying to yourselves return these worthless piece of junk X-E1 or X-E2 and get a real camera it id well worth it.

By: Kevin Shelley

Kevin Shelley — Fri, 29 Nov 2013 15:07:34 +0000

Cheers Mike,

I’ve added a link to your article in my article.

Kev